strumpet
Speech parts
1. strumpet - Noun
2. strumpet - Adjective
3. strumpet - Verb
Meaning
To debauch.
A prostitute; a harlot.
Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.
To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander.
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Infuriated by this, Dunstan dragged Eadwig back and forced him to renounce the girl as a " strumpet ".
Infuriated by this, Dunstan dragged Eadwig back and forced him to renounce the girl as a "strumpet".
It. cortigiana, in Florio cortegiana "a curtezane, a strumpet", orig. woman attached to the court, fem. of cortigiano.
John loves and desires Lenina but he is repelled by her forwardness and the prospect of pre-marital sex, rejecting her as an " impudent strumpet ".